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Itjef

G I-South Cemetery

G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Itjef, S 33, S 28/97, Mastaba III

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Itjef (Itjef)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Junker No
    S 9
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 8; S 9; serdab 1; serdab 2; serdab 3

Finds 4

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 5

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 10. Der Friedhof südlich der Cheopspyramide: Westteil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 74, Abhandlung 1. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1951, pp. 92-105, figs. 37-39, cf. 4, pls. 2 [a], 9 [c, d], 13 [c-d], 15 [a-e], 19 [d], 23 [b, e], plan 1 of 2 after p. 211.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G341.

    Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, pp. 216-217, plan 19.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Itjef (Itjef)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Itjef (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Fragments of lintel (Hildesheim 3260) inscribed for Itjef, identified as [sHD jrjw-mDAt] inspector of letter carriers; found in mastaba of Itjef. Uninscribed seated family group statue attributed to Itjef; lower part found in situ in mastaba of Itjef west serdab.

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.